From a Phrygian Quarry
The Provenance of the Statues of the Dacian Prisoners in Trajan's Forum at Rome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4901447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Waelkens (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 641-653 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/504205 |
| OpenAlex | W2313430119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 1 |
A nearly completed colossal statue in pavonazzetto marble, discovered in 1926 by Sir Christopher Cox in one of the quarries of the Upper Tembris Valley (Phrygia), can be identified as one of the many Dacian prisoners made to decorate Trajan's Forum at Rome. Epigraphical evidence shows that, at the time of the construction of the Forum, the quarry where the statue was found was imperially owned and worked as part of the Phrygian quarry system administered from Synnada. The discovery of the statue shows that the imperial administration of the Phrygian quarries also had specialized sculptors at its disposal, who produced statuary for architectural purposes. The sculptors were probably based at Docimium, where there is other evidence for the existence of an imperial workshop for sculpture. Similar workshops may have existed near other imperial quarries. A list of all presently known statues of Dacian prisoners which can be connected with the Forum is provided, as well as a discussion of their original setting
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,95 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2023 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |